MAGAC DIR MACNIHIISA IYO MAGACA SUURE DIR

SIDA MAR DHAW INOO CADAAN DOONTA TAARIKHDII DIREED EE HORE

WAA LA ,AASAY, OO BEEN IYO BUHU BAHAA FARA BADAN AYAA LAGU

DAHAARAY, DABOOL ADAG AYAA LAGU DADAY, CULEYS FARA BADAN IYO

MIISAAN AYUU CADOWGU SAARA.

QAAR XITAA DIR AH AYAA LA SIRAY OO LOO DIDAY MAGACOODA.

SOMALIDU SE WEXEY TIRAAHDAA ” SIRAA MA HOODO”.

INSHA ALLAH RUNTA WAA LA SOO QODI DOONA!

SIXIRKA SADRIGA DIREED WAA LAGA SAARI DOONA!

[i]MAGACA DIREED MARKA LA SOO BAARAY WAXA LAGU SIFIYAY DOOR

MACNE

1. DIR WAXAA LA YIRAAHDAA DAD (GENERIC TERM FOR PEOPLE)

2.DIR WAXAA KALE OO MACNEHEEDU NOQONEYSAA “FIR” AMA WAX LAGA

SOO ASKUMAY, DUNJI, AMA ABKII HORE.

SOMAALIDII HORE AYAA WAXA AY DHIHI JIREEN ” NEEFKA XOOLAHA AH

DIRKIISU WUXUU KA SOO JEEDA” IYAGOO U JEEDA WAXAA UU KA SOO

FARCAMAY.

3. DIR WAXAA LA DHIHI KARAA WAA NIN (MAN). WAXAA KALMADAN

XITAA KU DHAWDAHAY KALMADA (DHIIRI) OO AH NIN GEESI AH OON

CABSAN.

MAGACA DIREED WAXA LAGU MAGACAABAY LABA MAGALO OO KALA AH

DIRADHABE IYO BANADIR.

MID WAXAA BAXSHAY BEEL WEYNTA GURGURE-AKISHO (MAXADWEYNE DIR)

OO QARNIGII 1300 MAR AY LA LOOLALTAMAYEEN OROMADA AY GUULO

FARA BADANA KA SOO HOYEEN OONA AY KA QABSADEEN MEEL FAGAARO

AH OO AY U BAXSHEEN ” DIRAA-DHABE” AMA MEESHII UU DIR KA

TAAGAY WARANKIISI.

DHANKA KALE, 1500 XILIGII AY OROMADA XOOGEYSTEEN AYAA WAXAA

DHACDAY IN BEEL DIREED OO GALBEEDKA DAGAN AY SOO RIIXEEN

CIDAMADII XABASHIDA EE GUREY LA DAGAALAMAY IYO GAALADII

XILIGAAS LA SOCDAY EE PURTAQIISKA, BEESHAAN DIREED OO AAN

MANTA U NAQAANO BIIMAAL AYAA KA SOO GUURTAY WAQOOYI GALBEED

OO SOO DAGTAY GOBAL AY WAAGAAS U BAXSADEEN –BANADIR– AMA

BANKII DIREED. BARIGAAS OO AY BEESHAN DIREED EE BIMAAL KA SOO

TAGTAY GALBEEDKA-WAQOOYIGA WAXA KA HARAY LA IYAGA KA MID AH

OO MANTA DALKAAS DAGAN OO ” GAADSAN AAN U NAQAAN HADTAN



MAGAC DIREED WAA SIDA AY SUURE SHEEGEEN WAA MAGAC FIR, DAD, ASAL, AMA SINJI MACNIHIISU YAHAY. WAA MAGAC MACNIHIISU YAHAY RAG, NIN, GEESI SIDA DHIIRIID. WAA MAGAC DAD AMA FARAC LAGU TILMAAMO OO GABAYADA WAXAAD KU MAQAASHAA GABYAAGOO LEH “DIRKII HORE WAXA AY ORAN JIREEN AMA DADKII HORE”. WAA MAGAC ASAL U DHIGMA. SIDAAS WAXAA LAGA HAYAA ODEYAASHII HORE EE SUURE (CABDALLE IYO QUBEYSBA) OO AHAA QAAR MAGACA ABKOOD AAD U JECLAA ILAA HEERNA MAGACOODA DOORTAY IN AY HOOS U DHIGAAN SI KA AABAHOOD DIR LOO MAQLO.

SUURE MARKA MUXUU YAHAY MACNIHIISA

MAGACA QURUXDA BADAN EE LABAAD WAA MAGACA SUURE. SUURE WAXAA LA YIRI WAXAA DHALAY ODEYGII MAHE DIREED ISAGOO DA,DIISU TAHAY XAWAALI 80 SANO JIR AYAA MAXAMMED XINIFTIRE OO MALIN TIMAHA U JARAYA ABHII KU YIRI AABE WAAN GABOOBEY BAAD TIRAAHDAA XOOGA LAAKIN MAAD GABOOBIN ISAGOO KA YAABAY TAMARTA IYO MURUQA QADAADKA MAHE DIR KA MUUQDA. QADADKIISI UU XIIRAYAY INTUU EEGAY AYUU YIRI AABE GABAR AYAAN KUU DOONEYNAA WALEE INAADAN GABOOBINE.

GABAR 26 SANO JIRTA OO TALISO LA ORAN JIRAY AYAA LOO DHISAY ODEYGII MAAHE DIREED OO SIDEETENKII KOR U DHAAFAY. WUXUU DHALAY WIIL UU KU DARDAARMAY IN UU DHAXLI DOON XIKMADIISA WUXUUNA U BAXSHAY SUURE. KAMADA SUURE BARIGII HORE WAXAA LOOGU’ YEERI JIRAY RUUXA MASKAXDA BADAN, MAANKA SAN, AMA FAHMADA IYO XIKMAD BADAN.

KALMADA SUURE WAXAA LOO ISTICMAALAA SIDAAN HORE UGU QEEXAY IN KASTOO AF SOMALIGU ISBAD BADALAY. TUSAALE AHAAN:

SUURTA GAL MAAHA MARKAAD TIRAAHDID WAA WAXAAN AQLIGA GALI KARIN. TAASO KUU CADEYNEYSA KAMADA ASAL AHAN MASKAXDA AYAY KA TIMID

TUSAALE KALE: MARKAAN DHANO HEBEL ” KIBIR IYO SUURE BADANAA” MACNAHEEDU WAA ” QOF KIBIR IYO AQLI BADAN ISKU DARSADA QOFKU. CALAA KULI XAAL SUURE OO AH MASKAX BADAN MACNEHEEDUNA KA SOO JEEDO “SUURTO GAL-AQLI GAL AMA MASKAX- AYAA LOOGU WAN QALAY SUURE. MAHE DIREEDNA WUXUU SHEEGAY IN UU SUURE UU NOQON DOONO XIKMADIISI OO KOOBAN.

QURBA JOOGTA INGIRIISKA JECEL HA KU INDHO KUULATO “SUURE MACNIHIISA ” OO ENGLISH VERSION AH. MAGAC DIREEDNA MA JIREEN SUURE LAAN



Dear Brothers

I would love to thank you first for the wonderful forum. We need someone to promote and rise our awareness about the illustrious Dir clan.

The orgin of the Suure name

Let me add an old story about the orgin of the Suure name. As we all know by now Suure was the youngest son of Mahe Dir and he was the last one born to Mahe Dir shortly before he passed away, may Allah bless his soul.

It was said by the Dir of old, Mahe Dir one day looked at his youngest son and named him “Suure” which means in old Somali the “Wise one” or literally one who was very intelligent. Know unfortunately, this word is extinct and obsolete in modern Somali,but Suure meant “Intelligent”, Wise as in Somali we use today:

“Kibir iyo Suure badanaa”, which literally means one is full of pride and intelligency. Also the name “suure” is used in the Somali phrase:

“Maskax iyo Suure badne”

“Suurto Gal maaha”

“Waa Suuro gal ama waa aqli gal”

Therefore, in the old Somali spoken by the Dir Suure use to mean intelligent one or one who is wise. Now, this is why the Dir elders of Mudug used to say, “Suure” meant the wise one and it is the nick name given to the last born of Mahe Dir.

SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOMALI DIR CLAN BY WARSAME

Mansha Allah!

Maansha Allah! Bravo! Bravo!

This is very interesting and your wonderful analysis is mind boggling.

Honestly, I have never asked or even pondered about what the heck “Suure” meant. Isn’t it a bitch, the Suure whether Qubeys or Abdaalle are obsessed with the name Dir, but yet no one ever pondered or told us what Suure meant.

I think the sad thing about the Suure of Mudug region is they forgot their own name, Suure.

Why is it that no one uses the Suure name? Why are we so obsessed with Dir, Dir, Dir and more Dir.

Don’t misunderstand me, I quite frankly love my “Dirness”,but why is it we dont even know out own Suure name and its history?

I think it is a damn shame and disgusting the Suure do not use their wonderful name. Everybody in Somali will tell you they know Qubeys, fiqi muhumad, fiqi walaal, agoon, fiqi yahye, nacadoor, dabac,ahmed farah, Etc. But the name Suure is rarely heard.

I can tell you what Dir means and we all heard that ten thousand times. That freakin Dir means:

1)the ancestor “fir” ama “ab” ama Farac.

2) we heard Dir means “Dhiiri” boldness, Dirir “Worrior”.

3)Dir means “genetically related to” like when somalis said, “neefkan Dirkiisu wuxuu ka soo jeedaa”

4)Dir also means “people”, “race” or as in old poetry Dir meant People or man.

But I have never heard anybody explain Suure and its meaning and I love your wonderful insight.

It is extremely neat, fantastic and brillent periodly.

You are wise my brother and you, yourself must be some type of a Suure”wise one”, Genius, intelligent, and insightful.
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Kibir iyo Suure badanaa”, which literally means one is full of pride and intelligency. Also the name “suure” is used in the Somali phrase:

“Maskax iyo Suure badne”

“Suurto Gal maaha”

“Waa Suuro gal ama waa aqli gal”

Therefore, in the old Somali spoken by the Dir Suure use to mean intelligent one or one who is wise. Now, this is why the Dir elders of Mudug used to say, “Suure” meant the wise one and it is the nick name given to the last born of Mahe Dir.